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ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
The Elkin Tribune
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 21
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1946
$2.00 PER YEAR
14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
•Arrest One In
"Assault Case;
’Bond Is $5,000
Swan Creek Man
? Held For Attack
« On J. A. J. Royall
Dennis Swaim of the Swan
Creek section was arrested last
week in connection with the as
sault and robbery of J. A. J.
t Royall of Thurmond, who was
robbed and beaten and left to die
in a patch of woods at Highland
Orchard, south of Jonesville on
the Brushy Mountains, April 13.
Royall was treated at Elkin
4 hospital for several days and after
he was released was carried by
Sheriff A. L. Inscore to see Den
nis Swaim, a suspect. He identi
fied him positively and he was
placed under arrest at once by
*• Sheriff Inscore.
The story goes back to the first
week in April when the Sheriff
and several deputies destroyed a
i liquor still near the orchard.
Royall, who lives in Surry coun
ty, is a bee keeper and had several
stands in the orchard, where he
had visited them. According to
the sheriff, Royall was accused of
► reporting the still after one of his
visits to the bees. On his next
visit to the bees, Royall told the
Sheriff, a man accosted him, ask
ed him who he was and then said:
• “You are the man who meddles
into other folks’ business are
you?” and then struck him on the
head with a club. He then struck
him again several times while he
*\vas on the ground. About this
time a man with a mask on ap
peared and started beating him,
^ while Royall was yelling for help
^ at the top of his voice.
In order to stop his cries the
masked man took out a knife and
cut off the legs of Royall’s pants
and wrapped them around his
^ face. Royall then lost conscious
ness. He was then tied hand and
foot, according to Royall, and
dragged into a patch of nearby
woods and left to die. He finally
^ struggled to his hands and knees
(Continued on page eight, 1st sec.)
. LAFFOON NAMED
DISTRICT HEAD
i*
Will Act As Chairman For
North Carolina Good
Health Association
** CONFERS WITH JONAS
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R.
Jonas, of Lincolnton, executive
i, vice-president of the North Caro
‘ lina Good Health Association, vis
ited Elkin Saturday to confer
with H. F. Laffoon, publisher of
The Tribune, who has been ap
pointed district chairman of the
association.
The district over which Mr.
*\Laffoon will preside is composed
of Surry, Yadkin, Stokes and For
syth counties, and he is to appoint
a chairman and co-chairman in
those counties.
The Good Health Association
V was established to provide for a
progressive health program in
North Carolina.
The program of the association
may be divided into seven major
objectives. They are as follows:
For State assistance in the care
\^of the indigent sick.
For State assistance, in accord
ance with wise provisions, for
building or enlarging hospitals,
and establishing and equipping
rural health centers.
v For a medical-education loan
fund to help worthy North Caro
lina young men and women who
pledge themselves to practice in
rural communities for four.years.
I For the expansion of the two
year medical school of the Uni
k versity of North Carolina into a
standard four-year school.
For Imperial study of the med
ical education of Negroes.
For promotion of the voluntary
or “Blue Cross’’ group insurance
plans. m
For the encouragement of par
ents and all local and state or
ganizations to become actively en
gaged in a good health program.
Officers of the State Associa
tion, in addition to Lt.-Col Jonas,
are; President, I. G. Greer, Thom
• #isvllle, and treasurer, James E.
Lambeth,, Jr., Thomasville. Re
gional chairmen are: West, D.
Hiden Ramsey, Asheville: Pied
mont, Irving Carlyle, Winst/m
Salem: Northeast, James S- ifick-.
len, Greenville; Southeast,, Judge
Henry L. Stevens, Warsaw/
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Electric Power
Is To Be Off
Sunday 2 To 3
Electric power will be off
here and vicinity next Sunday
afternoon from 2 to 3 o’clock,
in order to make some neces
sary repairs, it was announced
Tuesday by the Duke Power
Company.
Patrons of the company are
urged to remember the hour
and plan accordingly, so as to
be inconvenienced as little as
possible, it was said.
PRECINCT MEET
HELD SATURDAY
Executive Committee For
Elkin Township Nom
inated And Elected
COUNTY CONVENTION 27
At the meeting of the Elkin
township Democratic Executive
Committee, held Saturday after
noon at the voting place in the
town hall, the following executive
committee- was nominated and
elected for the ensuing term:
W. M. Allen, chairman; Miss
Mary Virginia Barker, vice-chair
man; Mrs. Alan Browning, Jr.,
secretary; Hugh A. Royall, R. C.
Freeman, H. P. Graham, R. G.
Chatham, Fred Neaves, Garland
Johnson, Franklin Folger, J. Mil
ton Cooper, Sam Atkinson, and E.
W. McDaniel.
The following were recommend
ed to the county convention,
which will be held in Dobson at
the courthouse, Saturday, April
27, for approval:
County vice-chairman. Mrs.
Clyde Long; vice-chairman for
Elkin township, H. P. Graham.
All Democrats from Elkin town
ship who attend the convention
at Dobson Saturday at 2:00 p.m.,
were constituted and appointed as
delegates.
The precinct meeting was pre
sided over by H. P. Graham as
vice-chairman, and Hugh A. Roy
all as secretary.
FARM BUREAU
HEARS BAYER
Experiment Stations Director
Guest Speaker At Meet
ing At Dobson
PROBLEMS DISCUSSED
Members of the Surry Farm
Bureau were addressed at Dobson
Friday night by Dr. L. D. Baver,
dean of agriculture at State Col
lege and director of the North
Carolina Agricultural Experiment
Stations.
Dr. Baver discussed problems
confronting Surry farmers, stat
ing that they may be considered
typical of farm problems through
out the whole state. The county's
agricultural problems, he said, are
mostly concerned with tobacco,
and he specified these as being:
How to produce more at lower
costs; how to keep up the quality
and high level income in tobacco;
and how to produce tobacco on
rolling land in a way to keep soil
erosion at a minimum.
Quoting statistics, Dr. Baver
said that there were about 89,000
acres of crop land in the county,
and of this 17,000 are devoted to
tobacco, giving a total cash income
of more than $7,000,000 in 1944.
This is 80 per cent of the income
from field crops. Corn takes up
about 28,000 acres and it yields
about 25 bushels per acre. There
are approximately 24,000 acres in
pasture and about 24,000 acres
are classed as idle land. Surry,
Dr. Baver stated, ranks second to
Henderson in the amount of
apples shipped.
He warned against oncoming
threats of blackshank and black
rot, saying that disease must be
fought with research. Four out of
five acres are producing only 20
per cent of the possible income, he
said, and impressed upon the
members that every acre must be
improved upon.
J. Kyle Thompson, president of
Mountain Park Farm Bureau, pre
sided, and Dr. Baver was introduc
ed by Frank Freeman, Dobson’s
mayor.
DOBSON LIONS GET CHARTER — Pictured above are the charier members of Dobson's recently
organized Lions Club. The picture was taken on t he night the charter was presented by O. J. Allison,
Lions district governor. Officers for the club are; second from left on front row, Neill Smith, Tailtwist
cr, Frank Freeman, 2nd vice-president, J. Sam Gentry, president, Rev. Wilson Nesbitt, 1st vice-presi
dent, John Llewellyn, secretary-treasurer. —Photo by Bell.
Finals In Contest At
YMCA Here This P. M.
Students From Twelve Counties to
Speak On Subject Soil Conservation
Finals of the soil conservation
speaking contest for high school
students from 12 North Carolina
counties will be held here today,
with speeches, beginning at 2 p.
m. at the Gilvin Roth YMCA.
This contest, which is expected
to attract widespread interest,
will feature the winners of pre
liminary contests held in the va
rious counties during the past
week. The high school boy or girl
who placed first in each county
will present”here the same speech
that won top honors locally.
The affair is being sponsored
by the North Carolina Bankers
Association in cooperation with
the Elkin Kiwanis club, the N. C.
Extension Service, Soil Conserva
tion Service, and the vocational
agriculture departments and high
schools of the counties represent
ed.
Garland Johnson, Elkin mayor
and chairman of the Agriculture
Committee of the Bankers Asso
ciation, has been largely respon
sible for the program arrange
ment and for the interest created
in this part of the state. Mr.
Johnson has issued invitations to
many prominent bankers and ag
riculture leaders. Among those
expected to attend are Gordon
Hunter, president of the Bankers
Association, Dean I. O. Schaub,
director of N. C. Extension Ser
vice, Raleigh, E. B. Garrett, State
WILL PREACH AT
WILKES CHURCH
Rev. Charles A. Keyes Is
Holding Series Of Open
Air Meetings Here
IN BUSINESS DISTRICT
Evangelist Charles A. Keyes,
widely known young minister and
mission worker, is t6 preach Sun
day at 7:30 p. m. at the Charity
Methodist church, located seven
miles from Elkin on the Traphill
Road.
Keyes, who began preaching
when he was a small boy. is hold
ing a series of open-air gospel ser
vices in Elkin each Saturday. At
present he is speaking on the lot
next to Park Place Mercantile Co.,
but he states that as soon as pos
sible he intends to move to an
other location where seats can be
provided for the audience. Scar
city of lumber is delaying pro
ceedings. Services here will con
tinue into May.
Evangelist Keyes is founder and
director of The Christ Gospel
Home Missionary organization,
and he has stated that he is well
pleased with the interest being
shown in his services here and the
cooperation of Elkin merchants
regarding his missionary work.
Total Red Cross
Figure $5,017.91
A total of $5,017.91 was raised
during the 1946 Red Cross cam
paign drive in Elkin, according to
C. J. Hyslup, chairman of the re
cent drive.
Although the quota for Elkin
was $4,000, this amount was ex
ceeded before the end of .the cam
paign and additional contribu
tions which have been donated
since then have increased the
amount by $1,017.91.
Conservationist, and Roy H.
Thomas, Director of Vocational
Education, State College.
Contestants will be from the
counties of Alexander, Alleghany,
Caldwell, Davidson, Davie, For
syth, Iredell, Person, Stokes, Sur
ry, Wilkes, and Yadkin. This in
cludes both urban and rural
schools.
Judges for the contest are: Dr.
Henry Highsmith, Director, Di
vision of Instructional Service,
Department of Public Instruc
tion; M. G. Mann, Jr., Farmers
Cooperative Exchange and N. C.
Cotton Growers Association; Wil
liam C. LaRue, Associate Editor,
Progressive Farmer.
Subject of competing speeches
will be “Some Phase of Soil Con
servation.” First prize will be a
$100 victory bond and a trip to
Pinehurst to speak before the
Bankers Association, second prize
a $50 victory bond, and third
prize a $25 bond.
CLUBS STAGE
JOINT MEET
Hi-Y And Tri-Hi-Y Clubs Of
Elkin And Jonesville Have
Supper At YMCA
BUCHANAN IS SPEAKER
The Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y clubs of
Elkin and Jonesville met in a joint
session Wednesday night of last
week at the YMCA in a supper
meeting. This special Easter ses
sion was presided over by Nancy
Ann Mayberry, and Mr. Mc
Knight offered the invocation.
Vascoe Whatley had charge of the
devotionals.
“Background for Easter” was
the subject chosen by Rev. Ralph
Buchanan, who featured the
meeting with an address, follow
ing a solo by Gene Click, “Were
You There When They Crucified
My Lord?” The meeting closed
with the group singing, “Bless Be
The Tie.”
The Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y clubs
of Elkin sponsored an early morn
ing devotional exercise in the El
kin high school last Tuesday and
Thursday mornings at 8:30
o’clock. These pre-Easter servic
es were presided over by Cather
ine Walls, chairman of the wor
ship committee. Others taking
part on the program Tuesday
morning were: Ketchell Adams,
devotional; Jean Click, reading
“Beauty of the Lily”; and Ann
Harris, prayer. On Thursday
morning Rev. Howard J. Ford
spoke to the group using “Where
Are You Headed?” as his subject.
He was introduced by Ruth Mas
ten. T. C. McKnight, general sec
retary of the YMCA opened the
meeting with prayer.
Autos Are Damaged
In Sunday Accident
An automobile reportedly oper
ated by Norman C. Medley, 19,
Elkin, sideswiped and forced off
the road a car occupied by Thom
as R. Chipman, 26, of Elkin, and
his family.
Chipman turned off into a field
and Medley’s car also left the
road. Both machines were dam
aged. No one was injured in the
accident, which took place near
Thurmond.
A
SERVICES ARE
TO START 30TH
Series Of Religious Meetings
Is Being Sponsored
By Local YMCA
AT VARIOUS CHURCHES
The religious committee of the
YMCA announces a series of re
ligious services to begin Tuesday
night, April 30, at 7:30 o’clock.
Dr. George Mauzc, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church in
Winston-Salem, will feature the
five services—one each Tuesday
night for five weeks—with five ad
dresses. YMCA officials express
a feeling of gratitude in being
able to obtain Dr. Gauze to have
charge of these services, as he is
much in demand throughout the
south as a speaker. He is one of
the religious leaders of the Pres
byterian church and of the state.
Although this series is to be
sponsored by the YMCA, it is to
be carried out in cooperation with
the Ministerial Association. The
first service will be held in the
Baptist church on Tuesday night
at 7:30 o’clock. The following
week it will be held at the Meth
odist church, and the last three
services will be conducted at the
YMCA. These services will take
the place of the regular weekly
prayer meetings of these churches.
This series of religious services
promises to be a treat for the com
munity, and the people of Elkin
and Jonesville are cordially invit
ed to attend.
CRASH DAMAGES
6 AUTOMOBILES
Car Out Of Control Crashes
Into Five Parked Cars
Near Rendezvous
DRIVER IS UNDER BOND
Six cars, five of them parked,
were damaged Saturday night
about 11:30 in a single accident
occurring in the vicinity of the
Rendezvous.
An automobile operated by La
Vern Clarence Cockerham, 17, of
Roaring River, Rt. 1, reportedly
left the highway out of control
and crashed into the machines
parked by the roadside. Cocker
ham received mild injuries. No
one else was hurt.
According to State Patrolman
W. S. McKinney, who investigated,
Cockerham claimed that he was
attempting to pass another ve
hicle when he lost control and left
the road. Automobiles sustaining
damage belonged to Albert Hin
shaw, Elkin; John Sagar, Elkin;
T. P. Mayberry, Elkin; and John
Foster.
Cockerham has been placed un
der bond pending a hearing be
fore Justice of the Peace J. E.
Shew, Yadkinville.
Scouts Receive
Awards At Meet
At a recent Court of Honor of
the Old Hickory Council of the
Boy scouts of America the fol
lowing boys received awards as
follows:
Amburn Haynes, Troop 25,
second class badge; Jimmy De
Borde, Bobby Johnson and A. C.
Cockerham, Troofc) 46, second
class badge; Ralph M. Williams
and Fred Harris, Troop 85, merit
badges for animal industry, per
sonal health and first aid; D. C.
Cockerham, Troop 85, merit badge
for first aid.
Sentence Elkin Negro
To Five To Eight Years
In State Penitentiary
Ambassador Brother
Of Mrs. R. G. Tuttle
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Named To Post
Recently By
Pres. Truman
Elkin has a special interest in
the new U. S. ambassador to Iran,
George V. Allen, recently appoint
ed to that post by President Tru
i man. He is the brother of Mrs.
Robert G. Tuttle, wife of the pas
tor of the Methodist church.
Mr. Allen, a native of Durham,
has been in the U. S. Consul Serv
ice since 1928. At that time he
took a civil service examination,
passed, and was accepted into the
service. His, first foreign post was
Kingston, Jamaica, where he went
as vice consul. Prom there he was
dispatched to Shanghai. Succeed
ing posts were at Patras, Greece,
and Cairo, Egypt.
At Cairo Mr. Allen, in addition
to his duties as vice consul, as
sumed the responsibilities of a
secretary of the State Department.
This, it is claimed, marked the
change that placed him in a posi
tion to qualify for his present po
sition.
At every meeting of the big
three during the war, Mr. Allen
was present as special advisor to
President Roosevelt on Near East
ern affairs. For the past four
years he has been attached to the
State Department, and recently
has been Secretary Byrnes’ special
advisor on the politically potent
Iranian question.
Mr. Allen was educated in Dur
ham schools and in 1924 gradu
ated from Trinity college, now
Duke university.
After teaching school for about
three years, he entered Harvard
law school, preparing himself for
consul duty.
TO CONFER AS
TO 4-H CAMP
Surrv Extension Agents To
Go To Danbury Concern
ing Proposal
FIRST CAMP SINCE WAR
A group of Surry county exten
sion agents will go to Danbury
Saturday to confer with 4-H club
leaders, Park Service representa
tives, and other agriculture work
ers from this section with regard
to the establishment of a summer
camp for 4-H boys and girls at
Hanging Rock.
This is to be the first summer
camp 4-H club members have had
since the beginning of the war.
The camp will be open to both
boys and girls, with the housing
and recreation facilities of the
park available to campers.
Tire conference is to set dates
for the opening of the camp, and
it will announce them soon.
Extension agents to attend con
ference are Neill M. Smith, coun
ty agent, Hugh D. Borden, assist
ant agent, Mrs. Grace P. Brown,
Home Demonstration agent, and
Mrs. D. C. Davenport.
Candidate Visits
Elkin Wednesday
Glenn Hatcher, candidate fox
sheriff from Mount Airy, appear
ed in Elkin yesterday in interest
of his campaign.
Mr. Hatcher, who has held the
position of drivers license examin
er for the Highway Safety Divis
ion for the past four years, is re
signing that post May 1, in order
to give more time to his campaign
for office.
Revival Under Way
x\t Grassy Creek
Revival services are being held
at Grassy Creek Methodist church
this week, with .Rev. Ernest
Stephens in charge. Services be
gin each evening at 7:30 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Blue mold has appeared in
most flue-cured tobacco communi
ties of the state this year but
control programs are the most
extensive in history.
AMBASSADOR — George V.
Allen, recently appointed as U.
S. ambassador to Iran by Presi
dent Truman, is a brother of
Mrs. Robert G. Tuttle, wife of
the pastor of the Elkin Meth
odist Church.
FRAZER SPEAKS
TO TPA GROUP
Outstanding Humorist Is
Guest Of Meeting At
YMCA Tuesday
OFFICERS ARE NAMED
Dr. W. H. Frazer, former presi
dent of Queens College, Charlotte,
and one of North Carolina's out
standing humorists, was the prin
cipal speaker at a meeting of the
Traveler’s Protective Association,
held at the Y.M.C.A. Tuesday ev
ening. About 55 members were
present.
During the business session of
ficers were elected as follows:
President, George E. Royall; first
"ice-president, James Amburn;
second "ice-president. Abe Har
ris; third vice-president, L. F.
Mathis; secretary and treasurer,
N. J. Blackwood. Directors:
James Amburn, T. A. Rcdmon, R.
W. Harris, Louis Mitchell and R.
L. Church.
Committees — Transportation,
C. H. Leary; publicity, Roger Car
ter; hotel, S. A. Boose; welfare,
Dr. W. B. Reeves; employment. H.
C. Dobson; good roads, Max
Boyles; waterways, Edworth Har
ris; membership, Carl Boyles, and
safety, T. A. Redmon.'
FIVE IN RACE
FOR SHERIFF
Final Round-Up Reveals Paul
McCormick As Candi
date For Job
ALLEN MAIN SPEAKER
A final round-up of candidates
for public offices in the county
reveals that five are now in the
race for sheriff. Paul McCormick,
of Dobson, was the last to file for
that office, doing so just before
the deadline.
McCormick will be opposed by
Sheriff Sam Patterson, incumb
ent, Harvey S. Boyd, Morris W.
Monday, and Glen Hatcher.
R. C. Llewellyn, chairman of
the Surry County Democratic
Committee, has announced a
meeting to be held at 2 p. m. Sat
urday, April 27, at Dobson.
Precinct meetings were held at
the various voting places last Sat
urday for the purpose of selecting
local committees and naming
chairmen and vice-chairmen for
each one. One officer in each
precinct was to have been a
woman.
W. M. Allen will address the
convention at Dobson.
Robeson County tobacco farm
ers seeded 75 to 100 square yards
of tobacco bed for every acre of
tobacco scheduled to be set this 1
year. <
Will Hurt Is
Charged With
Killing Wife
According to information re
ceived yesterday afternoon from
Dobson, Will Hurt, Elkin Negro
accused of slaying his wife, Agnes,
last February 23, was found guil
ty of the killing and sentenced to
a prison term of between five and
eight years.
Hurt was defended by W. M.
Allen, local attorney.
The defendant had been charg
ed with inflicting fatal gunshot
wounds upon his estranged wife
at her home just north of Elkin.
Police reported that when Hurt
was captured and accused of the
crime, he was in a drunken stupor.
During the first day of the cur
rent session of Superior Court,
which opened Tuesday, 27 di
vorces were granted, mostly on the
grounds of separation. In addi
tion ten criminal cases were tried,
with all ten defendants being
found guilty.
Divorces granted were in the
following cases:
Jack Boyles vs. Hazel Virginia
Boyles; Turner G. Gray vs. Betty
Hill Gray; Lizzie J. Campbell vs.
Keith Thomas Campbell; Annie
W. Jeffries vs. Grey Jeffries; Ral
eigh G. Gwyn vs. Isabell Tate
Gwyn; Mary Collins Richardson
vs. Willis P. Richardson; Curtis
Danley vs. Lucy Hauser Danley;
Carl H. Moss vs. Arlene Moss;
Raymond L. Rogers vs. Hayno
Bell Rogers; Thomas R. Ilayes vs.
Gertie Baugess Hayes; Willie Lee
Rice vs. Cornell C. Rice; Roy W.
Ramey vs. Faith Snow Ramey;
Lucy Ina Cox Ashburn vs. Bib
Ashburn; Roba Anderson Wagner
vs. Ada Lane Wagner; Glenna
Branscombe Moles vs. Okie Moles;
Carl Wray vs. Louise Simmons
Wray; Hazel Price vs. Guy Price;
Robert Mathis vs. Lena Anderson
Mathis; Louise Neal Melcher vs.
Edgar L. Melcher; James P. Wil
liams vs. Violet Williams; Reuben
E. Combs vs. Ollie Harrell Combs;
Frank William Mays (by next
friend. Lace Mays) vs. Maggie L.
Mays; Thomas Owen Belton vs.
Dora Brinker Belton; John H.
(Continued on page eight. 1st sec.)
ELKIN WOMAN
DIES FRIDAY
Mrs. Janie E. Felts, 78,
Passes Away After Illness
Of Five Months
RITES HELD SATURDAY
Mrs. Janie E. Felts, 78, died
Friday morning at 5:00 o’clock at
her home in North Elkin follow
ing an illness of five months. She
had been in declining health for
sometime.
Born in 1858, she was a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Callo
way, of Surry county. She was
united in marriage to Gaither
Felts, in 1893, and had spent her
entire life in Surry county. She
was a member of the Grassy
Creek Methodist church."
Surviving are the husband; one
son, Rufus Felts, of Elkin; one
daughter, Mrs. Gaither Hawkins,
of Elkin, six grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; two sisters,
Mrs. Margaret Combs, of State
Road, and Mrs. Shade Snow, of
Oregon.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday at 10 a. m. at Grassy
Creek church, and interment was
made in the church cemetery.
Club Is To Hear
Contest Winners
The three winners of the Soil
Conservation Speaking Contest
for high school students of .Surry
and eleven other surrounding
counties, will repeat their winning
talks before members of the Elkin
Kiwanis Club this evening when
it meets at 6:30 o'clock at the
YMCA. The contest will be stag
ed this afternoon at the YMCA
beginning at 2:00 o’clock.
At last week’s meeting, Mu
Yuan Hwang, native of China,
who is studying textile manufac
turing at the Chatham Manufac
turing Company, made an inter
esting talk about his homeland.
During the business session H. W.
Thompson was welcomed into the
club as a new member.
a